mar m, f (plural mares) 1  sea 2008, CÃ©cile Corbel (lyrics and music), âEn la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]]â, in Songbook vol. 2 (CD, in Spanish), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by CÃ©cile Corbel: En la mar hay una torre. En la torre una ventana. 2  seaside. ( 3 selenology) lunar mare.
Within the Pale ditch, settlers lived under the protection of the crown. But once you passed the Pale, you were outside the authority and safety of English law, and subject to all the savageries of rural Ireland. Beyond the pale then became a colloquial phrase meaning outside the limits of acceptable behavior or judgment. Also beyond the pale: hipster haircuts. The English made every attempt not to succumb to the culture beyond the pale. Settlers were forbidden to intermarry with the Irish, and it was illegal to speak Gaelic. The woolen mantles worn by Irish peasants had to be exchanged for good English cloaks, and the glib was banned as well.
This meaning has been around in English since the fourteenth century and by the end of that century pale had taken on various figurative senses â a defence, a safeguard, a barrier, an enclosure, or a limit beyond which it was not permissible to go. The idea of an enclosed area still exists in some English dialects.